Art is My Comfort Blankey

Art mediates "between the inner world and the external physical, social world." (Hughes, 107) This theory/concept is one I would invest in. It makes sense. Art is a way of bringing your internal world out, a way of releasing your inner-self into the external world. I honestly can't think of a better way to describe it. Many paintings, sculptures, and other pieces of art come straight from the artists imagination. Some artists can bring fantastic and mythical ideas, scenes, and characters into the world at the drop of a hat. They have these fantastic ideas with them constantly, and art allows them to bring those thoughts into the ouside world. Other artists will take an ordinary object or scene and alter it in a way that suits their personal interpretation of it. Every piece, regardless of realism, carries the artist's personal beleifs or thoughts. Even a painting of something tangible and unaltered carries the artist's inner-self into the outside world. Think about the reasoning behind it. Why would the artist chose to paint that particular object? The answer to this question brings out the artist's internal world.